APH Group, Omnivent and Miedema Sign Deal in China

APH Group, a potato solutions supplier in Asia, Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe, together with Omnivent and Miedema have recently signed a deal with the Chinese company Inner Mongolia Linkage Potato Co. Ltd, for the delivery of a Miedema potato handling and transport system. The deal also includes an Omnivent climate control system.

These two systems will be used in the interior of a potato storage building, with a capacity of 140,000 metric ton of potatoes, which is to be completed by August 2017.

The Chinese company Inner Mongolia Linkage Potato Co., Ltd. and the Dutch company Farm Frites have a joint venture company since 2015 in Wudan Town, Inner Mongolia in China. This company, named ‘Inner Mongolia Linkage Farm Frites Co., Ltd.’, is currently building a brand-new factory for the production of French fried potatoes, and will concentrate on the top segment of the market in China.

Linkage and Farm Frites are convinced that the cooperation with APH Group and its partners Miedema and Omnivent will lead to the realization of a unique integrated project, starting from seed potato production till the distribution of frozen potato products to the market.

APH Group is, together with Omnivent have been active in China since 2003 by means of a subsidiary with branches in Beijing and Guyuan.